sorry it's been such a long time, I've had an absolute ton of work for University.
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Jade woke up slowly, glancing down at her daughter, who was still asleep in her arms. Jade was sat in a comfy brown leather armchair, legs up on a stool; she was grateful to be back home, finally released from hospital after a week.
Ana had been quite dazed for a little while but she'd finally come around fully, though she'd only just been released from the hospital too.
Jade moved slightly and adjusted her sleeping daughter slightly, Faith only muzzling closer into her mother, clearly in no hurry to wake up.
From the doorway she heard a light set of footsteps and glanced up, seeing Luke standing there, a mug of tea in hand.
'You're pretty popular today Mrs Sawyer, the phone has been ringing off the hook for you today but I thought I'd let you rest'. She smiled and he handed her the mug of tea 'thanks honey, who's called?'.
Luke sat down on the chair opposite her, looking exhausted 'uh, your Dad, Ana, Gail, Jenny, Daniel, Elena and Ari, oh and my mum as well'.
Jade raised her eyebrows in surprise, adjusting Faith again 'well, sounds like I'm very in demand today, I guess I should sort through those calls, I've got a pretty good idea what all of them are about'.
Luke watched as Jade bit her lip thoughtfully 'which one is going to be the worst?'.
She shrugged 'Dad and Elena are going to be equally as bad really, he found out what I said to fool Lincoln James…which means he's going to want to talk about it isn't he?'.
Luke nodded slightly and stood up, kissing Jade lightly 'it'll be fine, I'll take Faith, you may as well go now before you bottle out'. She smiled and Luke took Faith, who made some sleepy noises before snuggling into her father's chest.
Jade watched them for a second, a smile on her face 'she definitely loves her Daddy doesn't she'. Luke grinned and Jade kissed him softly 'I don't mind you either'.
He laughed and watched as she left the room, and started humming slightly to his sleeping daughter.
Jade let herself into Escala, walking through the fairly quiet apartment, wondering if anyone was actually in. The first person she came across was Ryan, who looked shocked to see her 'well hello stranger, I haven't seen you in far too long'.
She laughed and they hugged quickly, Ryan looking over her quickly 'Luke said you were doing good, I'm glad you're not still all scratched up'. She laughed 'yeah, me too. Who's in the apartment at the moment?'.
'Christian is in his study, Ana is out with Gail in the City, and Taylor is with them, so it's just me and your Dad'.
Ryan nodded before Jade said anything, picking his file up 'I'll leave you two to it, if you need me I'll be in Taylor's office'.
Jade was grateful for Ryan, who was incredibly intuitive, leaving her in the hallway to knock on the study door.
'Come in' her father's voice was clearly in business mode and she sighed before slowly entering.
Christian was dressed in grey suit trousers and a white shirt with the top button open, and the sleeves rolled back to his elbow.
'Alright Dad? What is this- dress down Friday?'. He narrowed his eyes 'it's a Wednesday Jade'. She blinked and Christian rolled his eyes 'it was a joke Jade'.
She smirked 'well, keep working on the jokes Dad, you've got a baby on the way, they'll laugh at anything'.
He tapped something on his laptop and closed the lid down 'I know, you used to laugh at my keys for hours at a time'.
Jade laughed and sat down slowly, Christian narrowing his eyes at the awkward way she sat in the seat on the other side of his desk. 'Is everything okay?'.
She nodded 'my back is killing me, it's the baby, at least I know this time, I had no idea with Faith'.
Christian nodded, though still looked a little wary 'if anything happens then I can take you to the –'.
Jade held a hand up to silence him 'Dad, seriously, I'm fine, okay, it's just a sore back, stop panicking. Jesus if your like this with me, I can't wait to see you with Ana in a few months'
Christian rolled his eyes at his daughter, his fingers steepled in front of his chin
'So…We haven't really spoken since you woke up in the hospital have we? I think we need to talk about the….you know…what you said'
Jade twirled her hair slightly, filling the silence between them 'Carrick, he's your father right?'. Christian looked up with obvious confusion 'uh, what?'.
'Just, answer the question Dad'. Christian blinked 'yes, of course he is, why?'.
Jade smiled slightly 'that's my point, you've raised me, and you've been my Dad, regardless. It doesn't make any difference to me about biology, it never really has. If I really wanted to I could have found out at any point over the last twenty or so years… but I didn't'.
She looked closely at her father, who was staring at her intently, though looking a little wary still
'we've definitely gone through enough already, Dad, don't let this be a problem…please?'.
There was a pause before Christian nodded, looking relieved and sitting back in the chair 'thank god…I always thought you'd find out and hate me for what I did'.
Jade shook her head 'you didn't open that envelope to keep me safe, I'm not going to persecute you for being a good parent am I? Anyway…how are you dealing with the fact your going to be a Dad again?'.
Christian grinned 'it's finally sunk in- in a good way, it's a long way off though. How is your pregnancy going?'.
'Well, it's strange actually knowing this time, I mean, it's better I guess, but I think I'm much more aware of everything. I should start showing soon, we're finding out the sex on Friday though…do you want to come to the scan?'.
Christian looked up, eyes bright 'are you sure?'.
Jade rolled her eyes
'it's unlikely I'd offer if I didn't mean it Dad. Everything happened so quickly with Faith, we want to be able to do this as a family now, and we'd love you to be there when we find out if it's a boy or a girl'.
Christian was beaming 'I'd love to'.
What do we want to happen at the scan?
Next up, we'll have the talk with Elena - let me know what you want to see there too
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